Command control Delete/Shift is based on one-word commands seen in daily surroundings from roadways to computer keyboards. Considered from a psychological perspective, they have been taken from their normal context and assigned emotional baggage.

Command control Delete/Shift is based on one-word commands seen in daily surroundings from roadways to computer keyboards. Considered from a psychological perspective, they have been taken from their normal context and assigned emotional baggage.

Command control Delete/Shift2009one-of-a-kind accordion hardbound book with ink, paint and pencil on hand-stained paper3.5" high x 3.25" wide x .75" deep Size and configuration variable when open

Command control Delete/Shift is based on one-word commands seen in daily surroundings from roadways to computer keyboards. Considered from a psychological perspective, they have been taken from their normal context and assigned emotional baggage.

This piece can currently be seen at Central Booking, in d.u.m.b.o.
111 Front St. Suite 214, Brooklyn, NY.

Wood Blocks DETAIL

Wood Blocks DETAIL

Debris2007pencil, ink, wax, paper, thread21" x 26" x 11"

The Center for Book Arts asked artists to make work for their show unContained Vessels. I decided to take emotional upheaval and sorted it into 3 categories of loose, stacked and crumpled writings. From left to right the bags cannot contain: 1) things to keep hidden, 2) doubts, 3) random floaty things.

Debris DETAIL2007

This detail is from the previous image, Debris. This is the first category: things to keep hidden.

While collaborating on a project in Matanzas, Cuba, I was given pieces of recycled paper. When I returned to NY, I was thinking about the contrasts between a culture of scarcity where art is integrated into daily life and a culture of relative abundance where art is often a separate part of society. Text and drawing on tiny scraps and larger rolled pieces of the Cuban paper are inside a corrugated cardboard box from the US. Each piece can be removed, opened rearranged and re-packed.